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Michael Smith from Peacock’s Brother from Another joins the show to talk about the NBA but ends up talking about pretty much everything with Vincent Goodwill.

The show starts with a debate over Michael’s favorite D’Angelo album (and his rather personal history with it) before he and Vincent discuss the NBA’s new CBA and the one controversial thing that was left out of it: Allowing high school players to jump straight to the NBA.

Later, Vincent and Michael preview the playoffs the best way they know how: Picking matchups (realistic or not) that they would love to see happen in this year’s postseason, including their dream NBA Finals matchup.

Finally, Vincent can’t get over the things Victor Wembanyama is doing on the basketball court and he’s wondering how good a player would have to be for an NBA GM to not be willing to trade them for Wembanyama, so we asked Michael Smith that exact question and let him decide.

02:30 Brown Sugar or Voodoo?

05:15 New CBA: One & Done remains

15:15 NBA Playoffs Preview - Series we want to see

34:00 Angel Reese vs. Caitlin Clark

40:20 NBA Finals Dream Matchup

45:20 Victor Wembanyama

52:00 Voyage to Atlantis or Footsteps in the Dark?

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Vincent Goodwill is joined by Bomani Jones for a conversation that travels all the way around the NBA, from Victor Wembanyama to James Harden to the Milwaukee Bucks and more, before Dan Devine shows up to talk through Level 1 of our NBA Levels project.

00:00 - Welcome to the show, Bomani Jones!

04:25 - Victor Wembanyama

19:25 - James Harden

31:55 - Terry Stotts leaves MIL

35:55 - Youth vs. Veterans

43:55 - 5 Questions

48:10 - NBA Levels - Level 1

On this episode of Good Word with Goodwill, Vincent Goodwill is joined by Bomani Jones to talk about relaunching The Right Time with Bomani Jones and all things NBA heading into an exciting regular season.

Vincent and Bomani spend a good chunk of time talking about Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama, who is already doing things in the preseason that feel impossible and might be the best thing to happen to the NBA because many will be tuning into his regular season games.

James Harden has been taking personal days away from the Philadelphia 76ers and seems stuck without a way out to the Los Angeles Clippers, who have shown only tepid interest and may not have a spot for him in the starting lineup anyway.

Former Portland Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts resigned from the Milwaukee Bucks because he did not want to be answering to rookie head coach Adrian Griffin, leading Vince to wonder if associate head coaches are a good thing to have and leaving Bomani to wonder what Terry was expecting in the job to begin with.

After talking about if this is the year that youth finally overtakes the veterans for dominance in the NBA, Bomani leaves and is replaced by Dan Devine, who goes through the six guys in Level 1 of our NBA Levels project. These are the guys capable of being the best player on a championship team this year...so why is Luka Doncic on this list?

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Vincent Goodwill tackles the NBA news of the day, previews the 2024 NBA Draft with Krysten Peek and talks about Michael Jordan’s 1988 Defensive Player of the Year Award with Tom Haberstroh.

(00:40) - Cavaliers hire Kenny Atkinson as new head coach

(03:50) - Lakers hire JJ Redick as new head coach

(08:40) - Pistons fire Monty Williams, search for new head coach

(17:20) - Thunder trade Josh Giddey to Bulls for Alex Caruso

(21:05) - 2024 NBA Draft preview

(22:30) - Hawks with the #1 pick

(25:45) - Pistons with the #5 pick

(28:05) - Bronny James

(31:30) - Zach Eddy

(35:25) - Ron Holland

(36:30) - Rob Dillingham

(37:15) - Reed Sheppard

(38:55) - Concerns over Michael Jordan’s 1988 Defensive Player of the Year Award

On this episode of the Good Word with Goodwill, Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill covers the breaking news of the Cleveland Cavaliers hiring Kenny Atkinson as their new head coach. Vince wonders if the team ownership getting involved in the process is good for the organization, but he still has high hopes for Evan Mobley and the future of the Cavs.

We haven’t had a chance to discuss the Los Angeles Lakers officially hiring JJ Redick as their new head coach, and Vinnie is curious if the other players in the locker room will view Redick or LeBron James as the actual person in charge.

The Detroit Pistons fired Monty Williams last week, another move made by team ownership more than the front office, and now we’ll wait to see which free agent coach they hire to replace him and what they do with Cade Cunningham’s extension.

After detailing why the Chicago Bulls would trade for Josh Giddey, and how Alex Caruso fits with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Vinnie welcomes Yahoo Sports NBA draft analyst Kysten Peek to the show to preview the festivities, predict what the Hawks will do with the #1 pick, and provide her hottest take on Zach Eden.

Finally, Tom Haberstroh joins Vincent to talk about his article on Yahoo Sports that laid out the case for doubt around the legitimacy of Michael Jordan’s 1988 Defensive Player of the Year Award.

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Chris Haynes sits down with NBA commissioner Adam Silver on the eve of the NBA finals for a conversation about how the league approaches some of the most important topics in 2019.

They discuss the Toronto Raptors' first finals and the now-infamous moment where Drake gave Raptors coach Nick Nurse a back rub during a game (0:50). Adam discusses the difficulties that came with Lebron James moving to the Western Conference (4:45) as well as how the league is trying to combat detrimental fan interactions with the players (9:00).

Later, Chris asks Adam about how changes could be implemented to how supermax contracts are issued to the league's best players (13:20), what could be done to improve the in-game fan experience (19:15) and they wrap up discussing marijuana's increasing legalization and if the league could allow players to consume marijuana in the future (27:30).

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Chris Haynes invites Vincent Goodwill onto Posted Up to debate the MVP and Most Improved Player awards. Should Stephen Curry, whose Warriors did not make the playoffs, really be in the MVP conversation? How much improvement does Julius Randle need to show to win Most Improved Player? The guys also discuss what they would change about the play-in tournament.

Chris and Vince then break down the Los Angeles Lakers vs Phoenix Suns series before pivoting to the Los Angles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks showdown. Should Lebron James lean more on Anthony Davis? And what will the Clippers do to slow down Luka Doncic?

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